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Psalms 43, 44, 45, and 49
We have some particularly lovely psalms in this group. Most are not psalms of David and we will look at who might’ve been involved in writing, or at least performing them at the Temple. I know we haven’t gotten to the building of the temple yet, but we will. PSALM 43 This short psalm is…
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1st Chronicles 1-2
The first 9 chapters of 1 Chronicles are genealogies. Thankfully, we will take them in bite-sized pieces. The author of the Chronicles is believed to be Ezra. The content is supplementary material to the books of Samuel and Kings so we will encounter repeat accounts of events similar to how the same event might appear…
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Psalms: 14, 16, 19, and 21
PSALM 14 “The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’ They are corrupt. They do abominable deeds. There is none who does good.”Psalms 14:1 LEB I don’t know if this psalm has anything to do with the time that Nabal insulted David but it starts with his name. Nabal means fool. Let’s do…
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2nd Samuel 4, Psalms 6, 8-10
I’m not sure what it was about David but it seems like he often had people around him all fired up to kill someone for him. Maybe it was his legendary “giant-killer” reputation that made guys want to impress him by taking out an enemy for him. It kinda reminds me of boys in the…
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2nd Samuel 3
😅 Hi. (Ahem) Ummm… I’m here to talk about first Samuel chapter 3. 😑 Not first Samuel, dufus. Second Samuel. 😅 Oh yeah. Second Samuel chapter 3. Uh… David… well he uh… starts a wife collection. 🙄 😅 Well he did. What? 🙄 Nothing. Continue. 😅 Right. So uh he has some sons. And he’s…
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2nd Samuel 2, Psalm 18
“Jesse’s first son was Eliab, his second was Abinadab, his third was Shimea, his fourth was Nethanel, his fifth was Raddai, his sixth was Ozem, and his seventh was David. Their sisters were named Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah had three sons named Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.”1 Chronicles 2:13-16 NLT Remember how the text said… “So…
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Psalms: 121, 123-125, 128-130
These psalms are all to be sung for the ascent to Jerusalem. Of these, only 124 was written by David and probably not until later in his life. I mean, he hasn’t even captured Jerusalem yet. We’ll take them one at a time, in order. PSALM 121 If you are on a trip to Jerusalem,…
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1 Samuel 31, 2nd Samuel 1
I’m going to veer just a smidge from the reading plan this week. Reasons: THE DEATH OF SAUL Now that we have a sense of location, let’s remember that Saul has just met with the Witch of Endor. Samuel appears from the grave and told Saul of his (and his sons’) impending death. I rather…
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1 Samuel 29-30
It’s no surprise that the Philistine generals don’t want David and his Merry Men to go into battle with Israel. I have a hard time believing that David would’ve actually fought against his own people beside the Philistines. I mean, there IS that little story in his past about taking down their champion, Goliath. David…
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Psalms 54 & 63, 1 Samuel 28
This is an EPICALLY long post. Get comfy. Last week we read about the Ziphites blowing the whistle on David’s whereabouts to Saul and how he and his men had to move (again) to hide out in the wilderness. Psalms 54 and 63 were written during this time. Let’s talk about poetry. Hebrew poetry. First,…
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1 Samuel 27, Psalms 17 & 35
If ya can’t beat em’, join ‘em, Sort of. 🤔 I find it absolutely WILD that David goes back to King Achish of Gath – the king before whom he pretended to be insane. 🤪 If I had written the Bible, this is how this meeting would’ve gone down: 🤴🏾 Achish: Have we met before?…
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1 Samuel 26
Saul’s pursuit of David makes no sense, really. David spared his life in the cave. David has been exiled and so he isn’t out there heroically leading the army of Israel and gathering more fame and favor. He is not a threat to Saul (and hasn’t been for quite some time), so it makes no…
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